#T1Narragansett
Washington County · 14,291 peopleJanuary low·July high 80°·128 freezing nights a year
Narragansett, #1 on this list · Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0Rhode Island rankings · Climate
Towns with the mildest winters in Rhode Island
Narragansett (tied with 1 more) has the mildest winters of Rhode Island’s 38 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 24° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 21°; none of the 38 stay above freezing.
The average January low. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#T124°
#T1Newport
Newport County · 24,251 peopleJanuary low·July high 81°·89 freezing nights a year
#T3Charlestown
Washington County · 8,002 peopleJanuary low·July high 80°·109 freezing nights a year
All 38 towns
January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 13 towns here).
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#TownJanuary lowNights ≤32°July high
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Questions people ask
Which Rhode Island town has the mildest winters?
Narragansett (Washington County): January nights average a low of 24°. Newport (24°) and Charlestown (24°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (38 in Rhode Island): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Rhode Island page.
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